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City: Abingdon

  • An exterior shot of the Barter Theater, the state theatre of Virginia. A marquee reads Footloose and Sense & Sensibility playing now.

    Barter Theatre

    Barter Theatre's 2025 production of Hamlet will be performed at its 167-seat Smith Theatre for 9th-12th grade students in Central Appalachia. This production will highlight the similarities between the lives of the students of this region and Hamlet’s, and it will feature talkbacks and workshops designed to help Appalachian students claim Shakespeare as their own.

  • Barter Foundation, Inc. State of Virginia

    Barter Theatre's production of Macbeth will engage students in rural Appalachia in a conversation about authenticity and the ramifications of sacrificing oneself in the pursuit of power. Barter will offer...

  • Barter Foundation, Inc. State of Virginia

    Barter Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet will engage students in rural Appalachia in conversation about division in community, and how human love & rage hold power to exacerbate or...